Telangana focus shifts to Delhi

Andhra governor, CM in national capital

GN Bureau | January 5, 2011



Focus on Telangana has shifted to New Delhi with the arrival of governor ESL Narasimhan and chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram have jointly taken responsibility of bringing peace in Andhra and ensuring nothing untoward incidents happen. Both senior cabinet ministers had evolved a strategy to impress upon the Congress MPs to remain calm till the January 6 meeting with eight political parties is over.

Ahmed Patel and Gulam Nabi Azad are also likely to be fielded to restore confidence in the Andhra Congress MPs’ minds.

The governor and the CM have planned a series of meetings on January 6 in Delhi.

Meanwhile, AICC on Tuesday issued gag order to the Andhra MPs including those from Telangana region not to rush to media with provocative comments.

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